The 1619 Project
by Nikole Hannah-Jones
Taste attributes: documentaryhistoricalpoliticalslowfresh & originalheavyrealisticemotive & stirringsocial commentaryinjustice/tragedy/vengeancehuman spirit/resilience/survival
Boxlist takeA weighty, grounded non-fiction book, emotive rather than low-key. Best if you like depth over escapism.
Pace: balanced · Originality: balanced · Tone: balanced · Weight: heavy · Realism: true to life · Story: balanced · Structure: balanced · Look: balanced · Scale: balanced · Emotional punch: stirringHow we score
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4.6 / 5
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About This Book
"The animating idea of The 1619 Project is that our national narrative is more accurately told if we begin not on July 4, 1776, but in late August of 1619, when a ship arrived in Jamestown bearing a cargo of twenty to thirty enslaved people from Africa. Their arrival inaugurated a barbaric and unprecedented system of chattel slavery that would last for the next 250 years.
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- Nikole Hannah-Jones
- Published
- 2021
- Pages
- 270
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